th 6 Unit 2 Rocks and Minerals DAILY

th 6 Unit 2 Rocks and Minerals DAILY AGENDA AND BELL WORK

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/12/2015 DUE- 0 • Unit 2 Pre Test • Bill Nye Video! HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: Are you excited about studying Rocks and Minerals? Why or why not? COMPLETE SENTENCES!

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/13/2015 DUE- 0 • Self Assessment • Bill Nye Video! HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: List 2 things you remember from BILL NYE! (ask a neighbor if you were ABSENT!)

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/14/2015 DUE- 0 • Is it a Mineral? ! (video) • Mineral Notes • Vocab Foldable (pg 60 -63) HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: List three types of Rocks from BILL NYE’s video…

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/15/2015 DUE- 0 • Crystal Notes • Vocab Foldable HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: What are the 4 characteristics of MINERALS? (Check in your ES b. OOK!)

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/16/2015 DUE- 0 • Mineral VIDEO & Notes • Fun Friday! HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: List three ways crystals can form!

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/19/2015 DUE- 0 • Crystal Designs! • Time Lapse Video HOMEWORK: vocab charts BELLWORK: What is one type of mineral you can find at home?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/20/2015 DUE- 0 • Crystal Museum! • Types of minerals notes HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: What is the difference between silicate and non silicate minerals? (use vocab!) Dioptase is an intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/21/2015 DUE- 0 • Notes • Geology Kitchen • Group Activity HOMEWORK: Study for Quiz BELLWORK: What are the two most common elements on Earth? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=cj. A 2 -Mr. WAVU

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/22/2015 DUE- 0 • Quiz • Mineral Identity Activity HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: List the 8 properties used to identify minerals.

Oregon Sun. Stone! SUNSTONE IS A PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHICH WHEN VIEWED FROM CERTAIN DIRECTIONS EXHIBITS A BRILLIANT SPANGLED APPEARANCE ; THIS LED TO ITS USE BY THE VIKINGS TO LOCATE THE SUN FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES IT HAS BEEN FOUND IN SOUTHERN NORWAY, SWEDEN AND IN VARIOUS UNITED STATES LOCALITIES. A variety known as Oregon sunstone is found in Harney County, Oregon and in eastern Lake County north of Plush. Oregon sunstone contains inclusions of copper crystals. The copper leads to variant color within some stones, where turning one stone will result in manifold hues: the more copper within the stone, the darker the complexion. [8] complexion On August 4, 1987, the Oregon State Legislature designated Oregon sunstone as its state gemstone by joint resolution

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/26/2015 DUE- 0 • Mineral Identification LAB HOMEWORK: Finish pg 16 &17 BELLWORK: What are the differences between a cleavage break and a fracture break?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/27/2015 DUE- page 16/17 • Guest Speaker! • Mining • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=y 8 j. KPT 9 j. SV 0 • HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: Think/write one question for our guest speaker today!

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/28/2015 DUE- page 16/17 • GOLD! (videos) • Reading pg 21 • Pre Lab • HOMEWORK: PRE LAB BELLWORK: What was one type of https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=y 8 j. KPT 9 j. SV 0 mining you learned about yesterday? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ylkd. Uu. NOJzw https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ocf 8 mq. JFMZI

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/29/2015 DUE- page 16/17 • Cookie Mining LAB • HOMEWORK: Read 31 -32, Answer questions #1 -3 BELLWORK: List three types of mining!

6 th Grade AGENDA- 10/30/2015 • DUE • Mining Analysis • Environmental Impacts • Fun Friday! • HOMEWORK: Pop quiz MONDAY! BELLWORK: Why is reclamation important?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/2/2015 • DUE-0 • Cookie Assessment pg-30 • Identifying Minerals Quiz HOMEWORK: BELLWORK: Would you want the land by your home a mining area? Why or why not?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/3/2015 • DUE-0 • Intro to Rocks! • Rock Video HOMEWORK: 0 BELLWORK: What is so cool about ROCKS anyways? . . (TAKE OUT TEST AND CORRECT). .

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/4/2015 • DUE-0 • Igneous Rocks! • You. Tube • Lab Stations (pg 52) HOMEWORK: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Fno. HDRPJjkw BELLWORK: What are three types of rocks?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/5/2015 • DUE-0 • Sedimentary Rocks! • You. Tube • Lab Stations (pg 52) HOMEWORK: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Nygk. D 8 u. ATng BELLWORK: What does the word IGNEOUS mean?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/9/2015 • DUE-0 • Metamorphic Rocks! • You. Tube • Observe (pg 52) • Rock Brochure HOMEWORK: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-MSK 3 n 5 u. Nvg https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=e 15 n 7 -zq 0 m. A BELLWORK: What are the 3 characteristics of sedimentary rocks?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/10/2015 • DUE-0 • Rock Cycle! • Video • Pg 53 -55 HOMEWORK: BELLWORK: What causes changes that occur in metamorphic rocks?

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/12/2015 • DUE-0 • STARBURST ROCK CYCLE LAB! https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=g 93 j. XTUv_RQ HOMEWORK: BELLWORK: Please write the definition of the Rock Cycle.

6 th Grade AGENDA- 11/13/2015 • DUE-0 • Rock Quizzy! • Rock Brochure 3 characteristics, the process how it is formed, COLOR! • HOMEWORK: Brochure examples and BELLWORK: Write one interesting part from the starburst lab. Did you like the lab? Did it make the rock cycle clear?